Mark Coddington is an assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at Washington and Lee University.  He is the author of the recent book, Aggregating the News.  Mark earned his Ph.D. in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a contributor to the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. His research has been published in journals including Mass Communication and Society, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism Studies, and the International Journal of Communication.